Recent "For The Children" Weekly Columns
Advocacy Works as OICA Bills Move Forward
- by Joe Dorman
PHOTO CUTLINE – January Hoskin, First Lady for the Cherokee Nation, addresses competitors and child advocates on hand for the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy’s Chili Cook-off and Advocacy Day
Speaking for Children in a Deadline Week
- by Joe Dorman
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child AdvocacyTelephone: (405) 833-1117Email: jdorman@oica.org OKLAHOMA CITY – The Legislature is in its second deadline week, when bills must pass
It’s Time for Chili and Advocacy!
- by Joe Dorman
Each year, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) holds an Advocacy Day at the State Capitol to promote awareness of children’s issues before the Legislature. These ideas come from
A Matter of Life and Death
- by Joe Dorman
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child AdvocacyTelephone: (405) 833-1117Email: jdorman@oica.org On February 7, children in an Oklahoma school got into an altercation which became violent.
Family Support Critical for Children of Incarcerated Oklahomans
- by Joe Dorman
PHOTO CUTLINE – OICA CEO Joe Dorman (left) joined Kris Steele with The Education and Employment Ministry (TEEM) for a tour of the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center (MBCC). Joining them
OICA Mourns the Passing of Two Child Advocates
- by Joe Dorman
OICA CEO Joe Dorman (right) is joined by (from left) former Lt. Gov Jari Askins, former Gov. George Nigh, and former Village Mayor Cathy Cummings at a recent OICA Chili
Recent News Releases
2024 Children’s Legislative Agenda Ready for Lawmakers’ Consideration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117 Email: jdorman@oica.org Jay Paul Gumm, Director of Policy & Communications Telephone: (405) 600-0290
Senators Examine Human Trafficking at State Capitol Study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117 Email: jdorman@oica.org Brenda Jones Barwick, APR, Chair Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women
OICA CEO Joe Dorman Statement on ICWA Supreme Court Ruling
- by Joe Dorman
June 15, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child AdvocacyTelephone: (405) 833-1117Email: jdorman@oica.org OKLAHOMA CITY – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 7-2 ruling
Nominations Open for OICA’s Anne Roberts People’s Choice Awards for Child Advocacy
June 1, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117 Email: jdorman@oica.org OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Institute for Child
Child Advocacy Organization to Celebrate 40th Anniversary
April 13, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117 Email: jdorman@oica.org OKLAHOMA CITY – From the ashes of one of
OICA Praises Shropshire Appointment to Lead Oklahoma Human Services
PHOTO CUTLINE Dr. Deborah Shropshire, M.D. (center), Gov. Kevin Stitt’s appointee to lead Oklahoma Human Services, speaks to assembled child advocates at the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy’s 2019 Fall